The strongest headline numbers of the three: seats +4.2%, ASK +6.2%, flights +8.7%. Seven genuinely new destinations in Q4 2026 — four domestic Ethiopian DHC-8 routes and three international ones. Luanda NBJ leaps +398% as Angola's new airport comes fully online with ET doubling down on the market. The B777-200LR is rapidly exiting the fleet.
Routes with the largest Q4 seat increases from ADD. Luanda's NBJ emergence dominates the headline numbers. East Africa — Lusaka, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar — consolidates ET's dominance in its home region. Europe gains modestly; Hong Kong is the standout Asia surprise.
Teal arcs — biggest seat gains from ADD. Red arcs — biggest reductions. East Africa remains core; the Luanda NBJ leap and Hong Kong surge are the headline cross-continental moves. Domestic coverage deepens even as the map expands.
Ethiopian added 7 genuinely new destinations in Q4 2026 — the most of the three carriers studied. Four are domestic Ethiopian DHC-8 routes deepening regional connectivity. Three are international: Goma (DRC), Jizan (Saudi Arabia), and Salalah (Oman).
LAD (Quatro de Fevereiro) closed in 2023; Angola's new João Paulo II International (NBJ) is now the operating airport. ET's LAD "exit" and NBJ +398% growth is the same Luanda market — ET significantly increased capacity at the new airport, from 5,296 to 26,394 seats per quarter.
Share of total scheduled seats by aircraft type, Q4 2025 vs Q4 2026. The DHC-8 grows its share as domestic expansion accelerates. B777-200LR is in rapid withdrawal — down 4pp. B787-9 and B737MAX both gaining share as the modern widebody and narrowbody platforms respectively.
Ethiopian is the fastest-growing of the three carriers in this dataset — and uniquely, it's expanding the route map itself, not just reallocating capacity within existing cities.